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Google Reader Survives the Bloodbath, But What’s Next?
Last night, Google announced the shutdown of many experimental products that weren’t really generating any revenue: Notebook, Dodgeball, Catalog Search, and Jaiku. One product that survived the ravaging but shares many of the same characteristics as the discontinued services also happens to be one of our favorites: Google Reader.
The popular RSS reader makes no money (directly, more on that later), has a loyal but relatively small (compared to other Google products) userbase, and at the moment, appeals to a very niche and difficult to monetize (we don’t click ads) audience. All of which leads Steve Rubel to ask, “With Google Killing Products, is Reader Next?”
Now, I think the answer to that question is unequivocally “no,” (and a Google exec has since confirmed as much) as Google has too many smart people that are connected enough to the industry to know that Reader is an essential product for many of the company’s biggest enthusiasts. But, what is the future of a product that doesn’t make any money, at a time when Google appears so focused on consolidating around products that do?
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